BY NATHAN JOHNSONnathan.johnson@yankton.net

With promising preliminary test results on a col-lector well at Paddle Wheel Point, the Yankton CityCommission will resume discussion Tuesday abouta looming water system upgrade.

Kyle Goodmanson, Yankton’s environmentalservices director, said it is hoped the well will beable to produce at least 5.5 million gallons per day.

“We’ve got 100 feet of sand and gravel before wehit shale,” he said during a media briefing Thurs-day. “That’s a good sign ... in terms of getting agood amount of water.”

Tuesday night’s discussion will determinewhether the City Commission wants to apply for aState Revolving Fund (SRF) loan by the July 1 appli-cation deadline.

City Manager Amy Nelson said staff is lookingfor direction and not any official action at thispoint.

“It’s quick, but we wanted to get that option outthere,” Goodmanson said. “If we don’t, it’s six

months to a year before we could really get ourfunding in place (through the SRF).”

If the funding is sought in July, constructioncould get under way next spring or summer.

The estimated cost of the well and the pipe totransport it to the water treatment plant is $9.3million.

Goodmanson said staff is proposing that theloan application to build a new treatment plant behandled separately. The estimated cost of that facil-ity is $12 million.

Also, a bid opening will be held June 12 for im-provements to Water Plant No. 2, located east of theMeridian Bridge. The estimated cost of those up-grades is in the $900,000-$1 million range.

During next Tuesday’s meeting, the City Com-mission will also hear a presentation from City Fi-nance Officer Al Viereck regarding potential optionsto pay for the estimated $28.7 million in water sys-tem improvements.

He said Thursday he will offer six scenarios that

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BY LINDA WUEBBENP&D Correspondent

WYNOT, Neb. — Just downstream from GavinsPoint Dam on the Missouri National Scenic River,north of Wynot, Neb., is an area known by local resi-dents affectionately as The Island.

For many years it was owned by Jack and wife EdoJones, who lived in the heavily wooded area, doing alittle farming while enjoying life on The Island, sur-rounded by river water. The couple never had anychildren and didn’t need much to live on. That’s theway it was back in the 1950s and ‘60s.

Today on a Google map, the area is known as theSt. Helena Chute at Audubon Bend and it is being de-veloped by the National Park Service and the U.S.Corps of Engineers as a nature area. The Corps pur-

chased the 2,372 acres with money from the U.S. Land& Water Conservation Fund and is taking comments todesignate a site plan for restoring the area to its natu-ral habitat.

“We’re collecting comments and encourage localresidents to make suggestions for a plan to developthe area,” said Linda Filo of the Corps.

When the Jones couple sold the ground, a develop-ment company came in and leveled the wooded area,renting it to a chain of local farmers. Eventually, alarge family farm purchased the ground, sunk severalpivots and farmed from the river bank a couple milessouth to existing local landowners. A few years ago,the family decided to sell the ground to the Conserva-tion Fund with the idea of returning the area to theway it was.

Since beginning the project, a couple hundred

acres have been restored to native grass plantings butmuch cleanup was needed to remove old machineryand concrete that had accumulated over the years.Also, noxious weed control is a priority.

Audubon Bend will probably never return to its for-mer glory remembered by local residents.

———Longtime local farmer, 93-year-old Louis Hans, took

a trip down memory lane and recalled his fondestmemories of The Island. He recalls it was simpler timewhen money was precious and the land was gift fromGod.

“You could almost hibernate on your farm,” saidHans. “You raised most of your own food with a gar-den and then corn and hay for your livestock.”

An Ongoing Recipe For Success

BY RANDY DOCKENDORFrandy.dockendorf@yankton.net

Sister Margo Tschetter knows the recipe forsuccess in both the classroom and the kitchen.

Sister Margo has engaged her fifth-grade stu-dents at Sacred Heart School with baking — firstwith cinnamon rolls, later with cookies — as alearning project. The students gained not onlybaking abilities but also life and business skills.

“It’s been my baby project for 20 years,” shesaid with a laugh. “Each year, the kids name theirbusiness, and this year, it was ‘Batter Up.’”

Now, the Benedictine Sister will turn over herapron and classroom, as she retires after 34 yearsof service to Sacred Heart School and the YanktonCatholic Community.

“I just turned 68, so half of my life has beengiven to Sacred Heart School,” she said. “(My re-tirement) won’t hit me until next fall.”

Sister Margo will be honored at an open housefrom 2-5 p.m. Sunday at the Sacred Heart Churchparish hall. Gifts in her honor will be donated tothe Sister Margo Tschetter Endowed Fund to pro-vide tuition assistance for needy families.

Sister Margo has completed 45 years of teach-ing. During the first 11 years, she taught for twoyears each at Catholic schools in Lincoln, Neb.,and Sioux Falls, then for seven years at a pre-school for handicapped children held at SacredHeart Monastery in Yankton.

The latter experience spawned her other min-istry during the last 34 years: Ecumenical Reli-gious Training for the Handicapped (ERTH). Theweekly Bible study and fellowship draws 50-60physically and mentally challenged persons, rang-ing in age from their 20s to 80s. Each nine-monthcycle rotates monthly among churches of variousdenominations.

HEAD OF THE CLASSWhile fulfilling various ministries, Sister Margo

After 34 Years Of ServiceTo The Yankton CatholicCommunity, Sister MargoTschetter Is Set To Retire

Special LegislativeSession Set For June 22

PIERRE (AP) — Gov. Dennis Dau-gaard says he will call the SouthDakota Legislature into a special ses-sion on June 22 to deal with costoverruns in the construction of anew State Veterans Home in HotSprings.

The Legislature earlier this yearapproved a bill authorizing thespending of $41.3 million in stateand federal money to build the newhome. But Daugaard says when bidsfrom contractors were opened re-cently, the lowest bid was consider-ably above projections. He says thatwill lead to a total project cost of$51.3 million.

Daugaard says the state can’twait until the next legislative sessionin January do deal with the issue.

Current estimates show thereshould be $14 million to $20 millionin year-end funds available.

Britain ReadyFor ChanceOf Copycat

AttacksLondon Police Say More Than1,000 Officers Will Be Sent ToPotential Trouble Spots With

Armed Response Units ReadyBY PAISLEY DODDS AND GREGORY KATZAssociated Press

LONDON — Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing ac-tivists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremistsafter the savage slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving familyspoke Friday of their loss.

London police said more than 1,000 officers will be sent to po-tential trouble spots with armed response units. Most British po-lice officers don’t carry weapons.

Wednesday’s attack was captured on video by passersby andmade for gruesome viewing — one man is seen with his handsstained red with blood and holding two butcher’s knives as he an-grily complained about the British government and troops in for-eign lands. A lifeless body is seen on the street behind him.

Terror analysts say the attackers wanted the publicity to in-spire copycat attacks, and that they are already seeing an in-crease in chatter on extremist sites calling for such attacks.

“We can see the tempo being raised,” said Maajid Nawaz, a for-mer jihadist who is now with the London-based anti-extremistQuilliam Foundation.

“One of the reasons why these guys acted in this theatricalway was because of the propaganda effect so others would be in-spired to do the same thing. The nature of these attacks are thatthey are so easy to do, and we have definitely seen an increase inchatter calling for such things since the attack.”

A British government official who spoke on condition ofanonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak about the on-going investigation, confirmed the increase in chatter sinceWednesday’s attack but said no specific or credible plots hadbeen detected at this point.

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PHOTO: LINDA WUEBBEN

Louis Hans, 93, of Wynot, Neb., recalls his days growingup on and around “The Island,” now known as the St.Helena Chute at Audubon Bend in Cedar County. TheU.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now looking to developthe area and restoring it to its natural habitat.

Audubon Bend Project Stirring Up Old Memories

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These young dancers from Judi’s Dance Studio work on their movesduring a dress rehearsal Friday at the YHS/Summit Activities Centertheatre. The studio will present its spring recital today (Saturday),with performances at 1 and 5 p.m. To see or purchase images fromthis event, visit spotted.yankton.net.

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Sister Margo Tschetter stands next to a rosary on the wall of her classroom at SacredHeart School. Sister Margo has retired after 34 years at Sacred Heart. She will be hon-ored at an open house from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at the Sacred Heart Church parish hall.

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